Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes, Self Esteem Quotes, Men Quotes

You know better than I that in a Republic talent is always suspect. A man attains an elevated position only when his mediocrity prevents him from being a threat to others. And for this reason a democracy is never governed by the most competent, but rather by those whose insignificance will not jeopardize anyone else's self-esteem.

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I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was. Don't tell me I can't do something. Don't tell me it's impossible. Don't tell me I'm not the greatest. I'm the double greatest.

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Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others.

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All the extraordinary men I have ever known were chiefly extraordinary in their own estimation.

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My political ideal is democracy. Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.

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By creating so many illusory images of physical perfection, whether on store aisles or storefronts ads, magazine covers or TV show, we speak more to the profit margins of companies than the self-esteem of today's girls.

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I get so nervous on stage I can't help but talk. I try. I try telling my brain: stop sending words to the mouth. But I get nervous and turn into my grandma. Behind the eyes it's pure fear. I find it difficult to believe I'm going to be able to deliver.

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A good run adds a little bounce to my step. I get a certain amount of self-esteem from it.

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Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.

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The gods help them who help themselves.

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I'm like Johnny Cash. I only wear black.

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Only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

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You never exist quite so much as when you are not thinking

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He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.

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The idea, the pattern, is self-projected; it is a form of self-worship, of self-perpetuation, and hence gratifying.

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The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.

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Seriously, I do not think I am fit for the Presidency.

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My voice went recently, never happened before, off like a tap. I had to sit in silence for nine days, chalkboard around my neck. Like an old-school mime. Like a kid in the naughty corner. Like a Victorian mute.

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I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

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Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the week.

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